Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They’ve released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which came out last month. But on their very first album, they had a big hit with "Don’t Dream It’s Over."
Crowded House made “Don’t Dream It’s Over” with Grammy-nominated producer Mitchell Froom, who they went on to work with multiple times. For this episode, I talked to frontman Neil Finn about how the song was first written, and how it developed with his bandmates and collaborators in the studio. And we talked about the profound connection people have had with the song over the years.
Robinhood has been in the spotlight for its $200 million acquisition of European crypto exchange Bitstamp. The TradFi app’s venture into crypto is paying off: its recent earnings showed that revenue is growing substantially, and the Bitstamp acquisition is just one way the company will grow the pie.
Johann Kerbrat, general manager of Robinhood Crypto, came on the show to discuss the acquisition, Robinhood's plans for expanding its crypto business internationally and into the institutional market, the company's approach to listing crypto assets, how regulation has affected its business decisions, and its efforts to bridge traditional finance and decentralized finance.
Show highlights:
How the acquisition of Bitstamp will reshape Robinhood
Whether Robinhood could list more coins and whether it’s considering more acquisitions
Whether the U.S.’s unclear crypto regulation influenced the decision to acquire Bitstamp and which other jurisdictions, besides the EU, Robinhood Crypto is eyeing
Why Johann was disappointed by the Wells notice Robinhood received from the SEC
Johann’s U.S. crypto regulation wish list and why Robinhood supports the FIT21 bill
Why Robinhood delisted ADA, MATIC, and SOL, and the process for listing or delisting a coin on the platform
Johann’s background in crypto and trajectory at Robinhood Crypto
How Robinhood is uniquely poised to help bring real-world assets and securities onchain, and how it will handle offerings for institutional investors
The impact and importance of the introduction of spot bitcoin ETFs
Why Robinhood decided to offer staking, but only for Solana, not Ethereum
Whether there’s demand for crypto-native features in the Robinhood platform
Robinhood’s collaboration with Arbitrum and whether the company might build their own Layer 2
Johann’s take on the memecoin mania and whether Robinhood could list them
What Johann thinks about the political fight around crypto in the U.S.
Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
Several hundred people are jailed in Tunisia just for writing bad cheques. Human rights campaigners are calling for Tunisia to replace this system with alternatives to prison for repaying debt.
A look at the worsening relations between West African neighbours Niger and Benin.
Plus, an initiative to close down orphanages in a bid to end child exploitation.
Reality is philosophically terrifying. What is it, exactly? Where does it come from? Why are we, humans and everyone else, stuck within this thing no one seems to understand? In this special episode, Matt and the one they call Ben wrestle with the nature of existence in the face of new, so-called "virtual environments."
Today, we have a great conversation with Andrew Boryga, the author of VICTIM, a truly subversive and funny novel about a young writer who hustles his way through the media world by just giving it what it wants from him: oppression stories, identity trauma tales, and a lot of embellishment.
We also talk about Caitlin Clark (Jay tries to do a sports talk segment) and the great novel JAMES by Percival Everett. Do books like JAMES and VICTIM signal some change in the way that the publishing industry thinks about race and what stories it might want to promote right now?
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An early summer heat wave just scorched the Southwest, breaking high temperature records, and another potentially record-breaking weather system is on it’s way. 2023 was the worst year on record for heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Ariz. A 14-year study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds Indigenous populations in the U.S. suffer a higher percentage of heat-related deaths than any other population. NASA is just one of the agencies documenting the increasing frequency of high heat and drought, both of which put fire management officials on alert for the potential of another destructive wildfire season. We’ll find out how Native American emergency management and public health officials are gearing up to prepare for potentially deadly weather conditions.
Six in ten. That’s how many people are projected to be impacted by cardiovascular disease by the year 2050, according to new studies from the American Heart Association.
To learn more about these predictions and how this health problem could eventually affect more than half of the country’s population, Reset spoke with Dr. Mitchell Elkind of the AHA.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
Immigrants arrested over possible ties to ISIS-K. Cease fire negotiations. Sandy Hook survivors graduate. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
President Biden says he will respect the judicial process after his son Hunter was convicted on three felony charges. Meanwhile, Republicans are going after the head of the justice department, the House will vote today on a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over recording of President Biden's interview with prosecutors on the mishandling of classified documents. And, inflation numbers are out today and it looks like people will have to wait a little longer for interest rates to cool.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Calamur, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Lindsay Totty. Our technical director is Zac Coleman, with engineering support from Carleigh Strange.
M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back to recap Apple's big AI-themed WWDC event and look ahead to AI's broader potential moving forward. Tune for an in-depth analysis of Apple's new AI features, and what they say about the strengths and limitations of the current AI models. We cover whether the new features will lead to an iPhone upgrade cycle, the stock market's reaction, Elon Musk getting angry about the event, why OpenAI played a smaller role than many anticipated, Apple's potential robotics future, and where Apple stands after the big reveal. Hit play for a timely conversation that goes beyond the hype to examine the real-world implications of Apple's foray into AI.
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